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Friday, October 19, 2007

Saturday 28th Week in Ordinary Time

October 20, 2007Saturday 28th Week in Ordinary Time - Year I

ROMANS 4:13, 16-18It was not through law that Abraham and his offspring received thepromise that he would be heir of the world, but through therighteousness that comes by faith. Therefore, the promise comes byfaith, so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed to allAbraham's offspring--not only to those who are of the law but also tothose who are of the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all. Asit is written: "I have made you a father of many nations." He is ourfather in the sight of God, in whom he believed--the God who giveslife to the dead and calls things that are not as though they were.Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father ofmany nations, just as it had been said to him, "So shall youroffspring be."

LUKE 12:8-12"I tell you, whoever acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man willalso acknowledge him before the angels of God. But he who disowns mebefore men will be disowned before the angels of God. And everyone whospeaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone whoblasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. "When you arebrought before synagogues, rulers and authorities, do not worry abouthow you will defend yourselves or what you will say, for the HolySpirit will teach you at that time what you should say."

REFLECTIONToday's word tells us of the unforgivable sin, which is against theHoly Spirit. It is this same sin - blasphemy - that Jesus spoke aboutwhen the scribes and Pharisees attributed his cures to the devil,instead of to God. How easy it is for us, too, to fall into the trapof losing the ability to recognize God's truth by repeatedly closingour eyes to him. Eventually, the point is reached when sin is nolonger recognized as evil.

Our contemporary experience bears witness to the sad state our worldis in today. Abortion is justified as a "matter of choice,"pornography as "freedom of expression." Anything that gives pleasureand makes one happy is "good." Jesus referred to this as the"unforgivable sin" because the sinner has lost all sense of sin andgoodness and has hardened his mind and heart to God - a state whichprecludes repentance and forgiveness.

May our minds and hearts, through the action of the Holy Spirit, neverlose grasp of God's truth.

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